Rachael Ray Is Cooking with Cookies…Girl Scout Cookies!

Three words: Thin. Mints. Pizza.

Former Girl Scout, Rachael Ray, dishes up a truly original recipe in the April edition of Every Day with Rachael Ray.
Dare we say YUM-O?

We love our Thin Mints blended in a milkshake. Have you ever used Girl Scout cookies in a recipe?

CNN Money Salutes the Girl Scout Cookie Program

Check out this fabulous article which appeared today on CNN Money. It takes a closer look at the Girl Scout Cookie Program as an avenue for young girls to learn the finer points of sales marketing. Tell us what you think!

Oxygen Network features Girls Scouts Beyond Bars Program in New Prime Time Special

Lisa Ling, a former Girl Scout and Oprah’s favorite investigative reporter, is partnering with the cable network Oxygen to launch a new documentary series, Who Cares About Girls?

The debut episode, "Mothers in Prison—And the Daughters Left Behind," aired Sunday, March 25.. The series takes an in-depth look at what happens to girls when their moms are incarcerated.

During the epsiode, which will rerun throughout April, Lisa will explore the highly successful Girl Scouts Beyond Bars program.

Gas Station Convenience Store Owner Caught Reselling Girl Scout Cookies

See what happened when 19 Action News, a CNN News affiliate in Cleveland, sent an investigative reporter to a gas station in Parma, Ohio.

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Has this happened in your neighborhood? What would you do?

Girl Scout Cookie Program Highlighted in Newsweek

Hot on the heels of the tremendous coverage the Girl Scout Cookie Program received from the New York Times comes this amazing two-page spread in Newsweek...

"My Turn: The Cookie Hustler," which appears in the March 19, 2007, issue of the magazine, is the first-hand account of an eight-year-old Girl Scout, Lilya, who is learning some incredibly valuable business skills at a very young age with the help of her father.

Ellen Degeneres is Knocking on Your Door

Girl Scout cookies made a surprise appearance—in all their delicious glory—with the stars of NBC’s The Office on the red carpet at this year’s Golden Globe Awards.

And no, that isn’t a real Girl Scout on the carpet. And double no, Ellen is not really selling cookies. No matter who you are, you still have to find a real Girl Scout to get yours.

Video of Girl Scout cookies on red carpet (Ellen DeGeneres with the stars of The Office)

"Are Ex-Girl Scouts The New Swing Vote Bloc?"

This was the question posed by a recent newspaper article of the same title when presidential candidate Hillary Clinton recalled her time as a Girl Scout at a campaign stop in Concord, New Hampshire, to the delight of the women in attendance.

As a woman, Clinton is in a unique position to reach out to this audience. And with 50 million former Girl Scout members, she may be on to something.

Read the full article as it appeared in the February 11, 2007, edition of the Austin American-Statesman.

Are you a former Girl Scout? Join the Girl Scout Alumnae Association today!

"We Sell Only By the Case"

You heard right. The Girl Scout seen on this Fox News interview only sells by the case.

Much like entrepreneurs in the real world, these Girl Scouts are thinking “outside the box.” As Denise Pesich, Vice President of Communications at GSUSA, points out, Brownie Girl Scouts (those small, cute darlings) still sell door-to-door, but the older girls are learning really valuable business skills.

"PowerPoint?" exclaims the Fox reporter. "I don’t even know how to use that!" He obviously wasn’t a Girl Scout.

New York Times Celebrates Girl Scout Cookie Program!

In its 2007 Cookie Report (PDF), Girl Scouts proudly stated, for the first time, that the Girl Scout Cookie Program is not only a $700 million (who knew?) business, but the nation’s leading economic literacy program for girls…and the New York Times ate it up.
The article, "Girl Scout Cookies in Bulk," which appeared on the front page of the business section of the March 1 edition of the newspaper, reported on girls who were targeting local businesses and selling by the case, not the box. These creative young entrepreneurs are going for “volume and bulk,” the article said, and using PowerPoint presentations to reel in the big fish.